Cushion-heel.



E. JONES, CUSHION HEEL.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1, 1913. 1,1 IE fifi l-fim I/M w WITNESS/E8: I N 1/51/70 M l/lbs Jones,

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Patented Oct. 13, 1914.

ELIAS JONES, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

CUSHION-HEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

1 atented Oct. 13, 1914:.

Application filed May 1. 1913. Serial No. 764,873.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ELIAS Joxns, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Indianapolis, county of Marion,- and State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful Cushion-Heel; and I d hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters refer to like parts.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved construction of heels for shoes, boots and slippers, whereby the heel is rendered yielding or cushioned and yet the lower and wearing portion of the heel is formed of leather like an ordinary shoe heel, and also the upper portion of the heel is formed of leather whereby it is secured to the sole of the shoe in the usual manner.

The chief feature of the invention consists in interposing one or more layers of rubber or like yielding material between the upper and lower layers of leather. In addition to the foregoing is the provision of an air tight chamber within the heel which lies partially in the rubber layer and partially in the upper leather layer.

The recess above referred toforms an air cushion and the rubber layer forms a rubber cushion so that there is secured in this heel the combined results flowing from the air cushion and the rubber cushion.

The nature of the invention will be understood from the accompanying drawings and the following description and claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the heel in complete form. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line'22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is aperspective view of the heel.

' A central layer ofrubber 10 is provide which is relatively thick as compared with the layers of leather ll, 12, 13 and '14 associated with the rubber layer. The rubber layer is provided with a central recess 15 which extends down through alittle more ihan half of its thickness.

Upon the upper surface of the rubber layer a leather layer 10 is secured and it is similarly recessed, so that the recess 15' is if desired, the leather and rubber layers may be vulcanized together, so that the chamber 15 will be air tight.

After the layers are secured together in the manner explained, the heel is secured to the sole of the shoe by tacks, pegs or other usual means, which penetrate the leather layers 11 and 12 and surround but do not penetrate the air chamber 15. The lower layers 13 and 14: of leather furnish a leather tread for the shoe which causes the heel to wear a long time and gives to it the same sound while walking that is given by the ordinary leather heel. This heel construction avoids the silent or gum heel treadsound so objectionable inheels provided with rubber on the bottom thereof. Therefore, applicant has'a combined air and rubber cushioned heel, wherein the air in the chamber 15 yieldingly resists pressure, and likewise the rubber yields to the tread. This gives a comfortable feeling to the user and has all of the virtues of the rubber heel with the additional advantage arising from the air cushion and also avoids the objections of the usual rubber heel in the matter of sound thereof while walking. After the .heel is put in place, it may be trimmed in the usual manner and when trimmed and colored, it is substantially the same in appearance as an ordinary leather heel, the rubber not appearing essentially different from the leather and this presentable appearance remains during the wear of the heel for the wear does not come on the rub ber.- Another advantage of this construction is that the heel can berepaired without In Witness whereof, I have hereunto effixed my signature in the presence of the witnesses herein named.

ELIAS JONES.

Witnesses:

J. H. WELLS, O. M. MCLAUGHLIN.

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